Perinatal exposure to methoxychlor enhances adult cognitive responses and hippocampal neurogenesis in mice.

Perinatal exposure to methoxychlor enhances adult cognitive responses and hippocampal neurogenesis in mice.

During perinatal life, sex steroids, such as estradiol, have marked effects on the development and function of the nervous system. Environmental estrogens or xenoestrogens are man-made chemicals, which animal and human population encounter in the environment and which are able to disrupt the functio...

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Main Authors: Mariangela eMartini, Ludovic eCalandreau, Melanie eJouhanneau, Sakina eMhaouty Kodja, Matthieu eKeller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Anxiety
Endocrine Disruptors
Hormones
Methoxychlor
learning and memory
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00202/full

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